Council Buys Oil and Debates Local Projects
The Linton City Council in a special meeting approved about nine hundred gallons of road oil from W. C. Hargis and Son for use around town and postponed a city wide oiling plan to July. They also set utility meter deposits for trailers and discussed water service for Switz City, parking meter ads, and sidewalk space for Kenney’s Market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linton
W. C. Hargis and Son
Terre Haute
Hargis Company
Switz City
Kern G. Beasley
Kenny Baker
Robert C. McFadden
City Council
County Board of Commissioners
High School Park
Stockton
Blast in Korea Causes Damage
An Air Force ammunition dump in Ulsan exploded and caught fire killing a South Korean woman and wounding nine others. Among the injured are two American soldiers. The blast follows a similar incident two weeks earlier near Pusan at an 8th Army ammunition depot.
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Seoul
Korea
U.py
Ulsan
8Th Army
Pusan
Band volunteers for Grove stand seek help this week
High School Band members are asked to assist at the Grove stand this week. Call 765-W or report to the giana for duties and scheduling.
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the Grove
Giana
Sullivan Gives Neighborly Aid To People Here
The City of Sullivan will loan a street sweeper to Linton for two days this week at little cost. Mayor Robert C. McFadden said the Sullivan City Council approved rent-free use except for the operator’s salary. Linton will have the sweeper sweep as many streets as possible within the two days.
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Sullivan
Linton
Robert C. McFadden
City of
McFadden
Sullivan City
Britain claims atomic advance ahead of the United States
London reports scientists say Britain's first atomic test at Monte Bello Islands near Australia could place the nation years ahead in nuclear research. They claim Britain has rebuilt its program, with a new detonation method and a device usable in aerial bombs or missiles, though no date has been officially set.
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London
Britain
Winston Churchill
United States
Monte Bello Islands
Australia
Monte Bello
America
Linton Visitors Die In Arizona Collision
Mr and Mrs Ben Burklin of Los Angeles formerly of Linton suffered fatal injuries in a head on crash in Arizona on Saturday while returning home after a ten day visit. Burklin 63 and Mrs Burklin 62 died shortly after the wreck which demolished their car. They had come to Linton June 17 and left last Thursday. Surviving relatives include sisters and brothers in California, North Dakota and Los Angeles. Bodies to be taken to Los Angeles for funeral services.
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Ben Burklin
Los Angeles
Cal
Arizona
Linton
Burklin
Salvation Army Appoints Tapley To Linton Post
Lieut. Margaret Tapley of Vincennes is assigned to assist the Linton Salvation Army post, replacing Lieut. Wanda Clymer who moves to Vincennes. Tapley trained at the William Booth Memorial Training College in Chicago and was commissioned as probationary lieutenant with the Linton appointment at exercises June 16 in Chicago. She arrives in Linton Tuesday with a welcome meeting at 7:30 p m Thursday at local Salvation Army headquarters, public invited.
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Margaret Taypley
Vincennes
Linton
Salvation Army
Wanda Clymer
Tapley
William Booth
Simon Calvert Dies This Morning
Simon Calvert of Worthington died at Rest Haven Home at 1 30 this morning. Born March 5 1870 in Point Commerce he lived near Worthington most his life and worked as a railroad section hand. Survived by two stepdaughters Lula Clark and Ruth Babyloon of Baltimore and a half sister Mrs Fred Dahuff of Sandborn. Funeral at Myers Funeral Home Tuesday at two officiated by Joe Walls with burial in Dixon Cemetery.
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Simon Calvert
Worthington
Rest Haven
Point Commerce
Kaiser Calvert
Lula Clark
Ruth Babyloon
Baltimore
Leonard Calvert
Fred Dayhuff
Sandborn
Myers Funeral Home
Joe Walls
Dixon Cemetery
Earthquake Shakes Formosa Coast Sparks Panic in Hualien
An earthquake rocked the northeast Formosa coast today causing panic in Hualien city. It was the third severe quake in two weeks with no damage or casualties reported.
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Tipeh
Formosa
U.P
Hualien
Salvation Army Clothing Drive Slated for Linton
The Salvation Army will collect used clothing newspapers and magazines in Linton on Wednesday. People wanting items picked up should call 928 R by noon Wednesday.
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Salvation Army
Linton
Claim Made Here As Champ Grower
Otis Toad Hale of Linton placed the first bid for Greene county 1952 radish growing championship backing his claim with four Icicle radishes. One radish measured six inches in diameter and 10 inches long another 11 inches in diameter and nine inches long another three and a half inches long. The vegetables were grown near Rock Ripple on White river four miles south of Worthington.
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Otis
Toad” Hale
Linton
Greene County
White River
Worthington
W. C. Webber Taken by Death
William Casper Webber 64 a retired coal miner died suddenly at home in Linton route one from a heart attack. Born May 24 1888 in Cold Creek Tennessee he worked thirty years in coal mines. Survived by wife Ada Templeton Webber preceded in death one son Qualls Webber and four daughters plus siblings and five grandchildren. Body taken to Anderson Dexter Memory Chapel with funeral plans to be announced.
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William Casper Webber
Linton
Webber
Cold Creek
Tenn
Chris
Amanda Wallace Webber
Ada Templeton Webber
Mr. Webber
Qualls Webber
Muncie
Morgan Scroggins
Detroit, Mich
William White
Indianapolis
Herbert Burch
Martha Cooper
Jennie Allen
Maggie Harrell
Mary White
Lake City
Billy Jean Bex
Ronald Scroggins
Detroit
Larry, Terry
Rodney Burch
Anderson-Poindexter Memory Chapel
Flying Field In Linton Built By Local Hobby Club
The Balsa Bugs Hobby club completed a rustic style flying field in High School park northwest of the baseball diamond. The 540 foot outside circle houses powered model airplanes and autos fenced with black locust rails. Club members have used it for testing and plan flying meets later this season. A 7 30 p m meeting is at Linton Sporting Goods to urge member attendance.
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Linton
Balsa Bugs Hobby Club
High School Park
Linton Sporting Goods
Bonnie House Undergoes Major Surgery in Sullivan
Mrs. Bonnie House had major surgery at Mary Sherman Hospital in Sullivan. Her condition is described as satisfactory.
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Bonnie House
Mary Sherman Hospital
Sullivan
Wolfe Held in Greene County Jail After Shooting
Ernest Wolfe of Linton about 55 faces assault with intent to kill after police say he fired a pistol at Herbert Walton 27 on Yorth Main Street Saturday night. Walton escaped unharmed as Wolfe ran then hid at Sportsman's Bar. a .32 revolver was later found.
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Ernest Wolfe
Linton
Herbert Walton
Yorth
Wolfe
Greene County
Bloomfield
Bill Coleman
Jewell Herndon
Coleman
Walton
Hamilton-Rexall
Sportsman’s Bar
Sportsman’s Tavern
Herndon
Linton Polite
Break in Steel Strike Nearer Says Steelworkers to Return
Indications of a possible resolution to the steel strike emerged as CIO Steelworkers were forecast to return to work by July 7. A poll in Aliquippa showed 88.3 percent of nearly 800 ballots favored accepting the industry's offer, while some USW talks framed a near-term reopen.
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Cleveland
Ohio
CIO
Steel Magazine
USW
Aliquippa
Trade Journal
Steel
Illinois Governor May Accept Draft for Stevenson
Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson said a draft to nominate him for president is unlikely but not impossible. He told reporters he would decide at the time based on conditions and would not participate in any movement to draft him.
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Houston
Tex
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Stevenson
Bertrand
Brooklyn Fire Threatens Town As 500 Flee Homes
An eight alarm blaze swept 11 tenement and factory buildings in Greenpoint Brooklyn driving 500 plus from their homes. Damage estimated up to 1 million. Watchman Walter Roble is missing after the oil soaked trolley barn fire.
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New York
U.P
Greenpoint
Brooklyn
Walter Roble
Allied Planes Bomb Reds In Korea With Heavy Clouds
UN planes struck Communist front lines in Korea under rain and clouds. B 26s conducted over 170 strikes in 48 hours while B 29s from Okinawa attacked the Suiho dam power plants. Ground fighting slowed with light patrols after Sunday red attacks. Manchurian anti aircraft fire was reported but met by Allied defenses.
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Seoul
Korea
U.P
United Nations
Okinawa
Chorwon
Reds
Manchuria
U. N. Air Amada
Suiho Dam
Yalu River
Hoosier Accident Claims Three Lansing Residents
Three Lansing, Michigan people, including a 19 year old man, a 39 year old woman, and an eight month old infant, were killed in a head on collision on Ind 37 five miles south of Noblesville Indiana. Four others including two Cochran family members were injured and listed at Hamilton County Hospital. The crash occurred when a northbound car driven by Thomas Cochran collided with a southbound truck driven by Peter L Hostettier of Goshen.
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Indiana
Eagle Creek
Indianapolis
West Side
Norman Poore Jr
Ronnie Creed
Arden Creed
la Porte
Lake Michigan
Rio Beach
New Buffalo
Mich
James Harold West
Muscatatuck
Crothersville
Fort Wayne
Mary Helen Gogleson
Pit Lake
Steuben County
Lydia Meyer
William Wadell
St. Louis
Noblesville
Ind
U.P
Lansing
Here
Thomas H. Cochran
Mildred Currin
Susan Cochran
Hamilton County Hospital
Gale Curring
Mary Cochran
Sue Cochran
Beatrice Cochran
Thomas Cochran
Peter L. Hostettier
Goshen
Hostettier
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Vincennes Street
Mine Run
Tom Wilson
State Road 54
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Tanga
Mr. Wilson
Tom
Citizen Office
Council
Dallas
Texas
American Airlines
Paul W. Browder
Edward Walker
Denton
International Soundphoto
W. C. Webber
Mercury
Washington
Senate
Air Force
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Wno
Truman
Treasury
O. H. Brown
U.S
Elliston
Observer
Evansville
Marion
Lafayette
Rochester
South Bend
United Press
Hoosier
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